Lynxosa
Genus of spiders
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Lynxosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae.[2]
| Lynxosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Lynxosa Roewer, 1960[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lycosa inexorabilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 | |
| Species | |
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4, see text | |
Distribution
All four described species are endemic to St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Taxonomy
Species
As of January 2026[update], this genus includes four species:[2]
- Lynxosa inexorabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) – St. Helena
- Lynxosa ligata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) – St. Helena
- Lynxosa nefasta (Tongiorgi, 1977) – St. Helena
- Lynxosa veseyensis (Sherwood, Henrard, Logunov & Fowler, 2023) – St. Helena
